Television in Indonesia

Television in Indonesia

Television in Indonesia began with its establishment in 1962 as a public broadcasting service. Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI) is the first television in Indonesia. TVRI is a government channel. Television has been inseparable from the project of national development ever since Indonesia was one of the first countries to launch a civilian satellite. Television is an important part of Indonesian that have more than 200 million people.

In 1988, the first private television station began broadcasting, Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia (RCTI). RCTI, The First and Largest Commercial Television Network in Indonesia. After that many television launching. There are National TV networks in Indonesia: TVRI, RCTI, SCTV, TPI, ANtv, Indosiar, Lativi, Metro TV, Trans TV, Trans 7, Global TV.

Beside that, Indonesia have some is local channel, some is pay service, some is private as in university broadcast. Tv in Indonesia still grow up until now.
The national television audience has been growing rapidly. There are 11 national free-to-air broadcasters, including the state-owned network TVRI. In addition to the national broadcasters, there are a large number of provincial broadcasters. The number of national and provincial stations had increased about three-fold in the past two years.